bababooey
February 14th, 2013, 07:19 PM
I have a fairly nice server im using as a workstation(dual xeon 32gb memory) but unfortunately it has a matrox g200 video card built in. I think this old video card is the root cause of my problems getting Ubuntu and Xubuntu 12.04 to 12.10 installed, mainly Xubuntu for xfce. I would prefer to have 12.04.1 LTS installed but I get a message "Building command list" and then a black screen when I try to boot into anything through the live disc in EFI mode(Live Mode, and Install options in grub). Using Nomodeset in grub does not work.
My latest attempt, is installing 12.10 amd64 desktop version. I can actually boot into live mode and complete an install. But upon a reboot I get these messages as it boots
error: no suitable video mode found.
error: no suitable video mode found.
Booting in blind mode
At this point my system does not crashes, it just stalls with this message on screen. I cant get a console using ctrl-alt-f1-f12. The weird thing is that 12.10 live works, but not after i get it installed.
lspci in live mode shows my video card as
VGA Compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200EV
This is my first time working with EFI and wondering if anyone had any luck with Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10 with the same video card? I had a pci-e video i just sent out for RMA and hope that will resolve all the issues im having but in the meantime I would like to get this up and running.
My latest attempt, is installing 12.10 amd64 desktop version. I can actually boot into live mode and complete an install. But upon a reboot I get these messages as it boots
error: no suitable video mode found.
error: no suitable video mode found.
Booting in blind mode
At this point my system does not crashes, it just stalls with this message on screen. I cant get a console using ctrl-alt-f1-f12. The weird thing is that 12.10 live works, but not after i get it installed.
lspci in live mode shows my video card as
VGA Compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200EV
This is my first time working with EFI and wondering if anyone had any luck with Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10 with the same video card? I had a pci-e video i just sent out for RMA and hope that will resolve all the issues im having but in the meantime I would like to get this up and running.